Derks Surname
Approximately 11,931 people bear this surname
Derks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 7,542 | 1:2,239 | 146 |
| United States | 1,738 | 1:208,549 | 20,409 |
| Germany | 1,603 | 1:50,222 | 6,556 |
| Canada | 172 | 1:214,219 | 20,702 |
| Australia | 162 | 1:166,640 | 17,199 |
| South Africa | 149 | 1:363,609 | 33,044 |
| Belgium | 132 | 1:87,096 | 13,579 |
| Poland | 52 | 1:730,937 | 60,459 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:254,944 | 12,577 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Mexico | 16 | 1:7,757,888 | 35,569 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Hungary | 7 | 1:1,402,325 | 60,133 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 1:2,650,974 | 26,148 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 117 | 1:429,220 | 31,367 |
Derks (18) may also be a first name.
Derks Demographics
Average Derks Salary in
United States
$46,183 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Derks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Derks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Derks (Russian: Деркс) is found most in The Netherlands. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Derks click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Derks? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 43,570th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 610,808 people. Derks occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Derks reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Derks is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The surname Derks is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 7,542 people, or 1 in 2,239. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 28 percent are found, North Brabant, where 28 percent are found and Limburg, where 17 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.
Derks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Derks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Derks last name expanded 1,485 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Derks Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Derks last name are 18.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.65% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Derks earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.68% more than the national average, earning R 386,592 per year; in United States they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning $46,183 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.57% more than the national average, earning $52,946 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dierks | 91 | 7,998 | / |
| Dercks | 91 | 1,038 | / |
| Derkse | 91 | 176 | / |
| Doerks | 91 | 140 | / |
| Deirks | 91 | 3 | / |
| Deerks | 91 | 1 | / |
| Daerks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Dearks | 91 | 0 | / |
| Diercks | 83 | 4,229 | / |
| Doercks | 83 | 14 | / |
| Deircks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Dirks | 80 | 21,590 | / |
| Derkx | 80 | 710 | / |
| Darks | 80 | 333 | / |
| Dorks | 80 | 83 | / |
| Dyrks | 80 | 59 | / |
| Dörks | 80 | 51 | / |
| Dreks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Derkz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Dirkse | 73 | 2,645 | / |
| Dircks | 73 | 1,761 | / |
| Dirksz | 73 | 693 | / |
| Derckx | 73 | 364 | / |
| Dierkx | 73 | 248 | / |
| Darksh | 73 | 58 | / |
| Dyreks | 73 | 8 | / |
| Darcks | 73 | 7 | / |
| Dirksh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Dyrkhs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Drecks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dirkcs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diergs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Diorks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Dierckx | 67 | 6,137 | / |
| Derx | 67 | 567 | / |
| Dearchs | 67 | 25 | / |
| Dirckse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Darkhsh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Darksch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dierckz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Dierchs | 67 | 0 | / |
Derks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Derks in the Russian language | ||
| Деркс | derks | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Derks
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